setup.txt

///// Setup
# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybvwikNlx9I&t=946s
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

//// Base
cat /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size (should return 64-bit)
iwtcl wlan0 connet-hidden <ssid>

timedatctl set-ntp true

fdisk /dev/<disk>
	# Boot
	n
		FirstSector: <empty>
		LastSector: +256M
	t
		1	(EFI)

	
	# Core
	n
		FirstSector: <empty>
		LastSector: <empty>
	t
		44

	w


cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks2 -y -v --use-random --cipher aes-xts-plain64 --key-size 512 --hash sha512 --iter-time 5000  /dev/<core_partition>
# cryptsetup luksDump /dev/vga/lva1
# cryptsetup benchmark

pvcreate /dev/mapper/core
vg create vg /dev/mapper/core
lvcreate -L 8G -n swap vg
lvcreate -l +100%FREE -n core vg

mkfs.ext4 /dev/<boot_partition>
mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg/core
mkswap /dev/vg/swap
swapon /dev/vg/swap

mount /dev/vg/core /mnt
mount --mkdir /dev/<boot_partition> /mnt/boot
mount --mkdir /dev/<efi_partition> /mnt/boot/efi



# Packages
#vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak
reflector --sort rate --country 'Iran,' --protocl https --latest 10 --age 168 --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist 

vim /etc/pacman.conf
	ParallelDownloads = 6
pacstrap /mnt linux linux-firmware base base-devel grub efibootmgr amd-ucode man-pages man-db netoworkmanager lvm2 os-prober git vim tmux firefox openssh (dhcpcd)


genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt



# Configs
systemctl enable NetworkManager

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tehran /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc

vim /etc/locale.gen
	!# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.conf

echo "<host_name>" >> /etc/hostname
vim /etc/hosts
	127.0.0.1	localhost
	::1		localhost



# Initramfs
vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
	HOOKS=(base udev autodetect keyboard modconf block encrypt lvm2 filesystems fsck)
mkinitcpio -P



# Grub
blkid -o value -s UUID </dev/core_partition> >> /etc/default/grub

vim /etc/default/grub
	GRUB_TIMEOUT=1
	GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="cryptdevice=UUID=</dev/core_partition_UUID>:core root=/dev/vg/root"

grub-install (--bootloader-id=Arch)
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#os-prober


passwd
useradd -m -G wheel <username> (-s /bin/bash)
passwd <username>
vim /etc/sudoers (wheel)
exit

umount -R /mnt
reboot



//// GUI
/// Display Servers
// Xorg
pacmna -S xorg

// Wayland

/// Display Drivers
// Amd
pacman -S mesa libva-mesa-driver


// Intel
pacman -S mesa intel-media-driver


// Nvidia
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA
pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils (nvidia-lts)
lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"



//// Desktop Environment
/// KDE
pacman -S sddm plasma kde-applications kscreen
systemctl enable sddm --now



/// Xfce
pacman -S xorg xfce4 xfce4-goodies (lightdm ,lightdm-gtk-greeter ,lightdm.service)



/// Hyperland
# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE99GrcZzhs



//// Troubleshoot
wifi-menu
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/<core_partition> core

mount /dev/mapper/core /mnt
mount /dev/<boot_partition> /mnt/boot
mount /dev/<efi_partition> /mnt/boot/efi
arch-chroot /mnt

unmount -R /mnt